1337motif

1337MOTIF

Indianapolis, Indiana | 863 Sales

5 out of 5 stars (187)

1337motif

1337MOTIF

Indianapolis, Indiana 863 Sales On Etsy since 2008

5 out of 5 stars (187)

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  • Fibonacci Cutting Board

    $125.00

  • Triforce End-Grain Cutting Board

    $125.00

    • Announcement   Hey Hey! Welcome to the 1337motif (pronounced leetmotif for the less geeky visitor) Etsy Store!

    If you are looking for something specific that I don't have in stock, please send me a message to let me know what you need, and I'll get to work on it right away. Thanks for checking out my work and feel free to contact me if you have any questions or suggestions for new designs.

    Announcement

    Hey Hey! Welcome to the 1337motif (pronounced leetmotif for the less geeky visitor) Etsy Store!

    If you are looking for something specific that I don't have in stock, please send me a message to let me know what you need, and I'll get to work on it right away. Thanks for checking out my work and feel free to contact me if you have any questions or suggestions for new designs.

    Cameron Oehler

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    Cameron Oehler

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    • My setup at one of the many craft shows I do each year.

    Indianapolis-based geek/woodworker creates pixel art cutting boards and coasters

    1337motif is Cameron Oehler. I am an Indianapolis-based geek and woodworker who grew up playing Nintendo and helping out in my dad’s cabinet shop as a summer job. In 2007, my sister bought me a set of Space Invaders wall decals, and as I sat on my couch gazing at them and thinking about how I wished I had a nicer cutting board, 1337motif was born. I built my first Space Invaders cutting board for myself, and when I posted pictures online, it was picked up by boingboing.net, and I received requests from around the world. Since then, I have used my wood pixel art technique to create cutting boards, coasters, and keychains featuring various characters from the games I loved growing up (and still love), and have expanded my business to include jewelry and other 'classy' (non-geeky) designs. My work has been featured in Food Network Magazine, and on tons of cool sites, including Wired, ThinkGeek, Apartment Therapy, Kotaku, Gizmodo, BoingBoing, and more.

    People ask me all the time what the name 1337motif means. 1337motif is a play on words combining some geek lingo, “1337,” pronounced leet, which, to borrow from Wikipedia, is used as an adjective to describe formidable prowess or accomplishment, especially in the fields of online gaming and in its original usage, computer hacking, and a common mispronounciation of the word leitmotif, which is a recurring theme usually in music or literature. So, 1337motif is a business where the theme of geekiness recurs throughout my work and inspires many of my designs.

    Thanks for checking out my shop. Feel free to drop me a line.

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    • Cameron Oehler

      Owner, Maker, Designer

      I am an Indianapolis-based geek and woodworker who grew up playing Nintendo and helping out in my dad’s cabinet shop. I started this business in 2008 and have been doing it full time since 2010.

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